Mr. J. Miers on some genera of the Icacinacese. 889 



longer, spreading, terminal panicles and very copious flowers : 

 the leaves measure generally 2 inches in length, 1 inch in 

 breadth, upon a petiole of 7 lines long. 



2. Apodytes Benthamiana, Wight, Icones, tab. 1153; — ramulis 

 teretibus, glabris ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque obtusis, 

 coriaceis, glaberrimis ; panicula terminali, rigida, folio breviori, 

 alabastris oblongis, floribus albidis; drupa ovata, appendice 

 laterali scutiformi signata. — Neilgherries. 



Dr. Wight describes this to be a tree, with leaves from 3| to 

 4 inches long, including the petiole, and 1^ inch broad : the 

 flower-buds 3 lines long : the drupe is represented as 8 lines 

 long, and 6 lines in diameter, semi-ovate, reniform, crowned with 

 the persistent style, and furnished with a lateral scutelliform 

 appendage. The leaves and flowers of this and the following 

 species become dark in drying, and appear to be charged with 

 resinous matter. 



3. Apodytes Gardnetnana, n. sp. j — foliis sicco nigrescentibus, 

 oblongis, utrinque acutis, acuminatis, apice barbato obtuse 

 mucronatis, subcoriaceis, glaberrimis, supra lucidulis, nervis 

 immersis, subtus ferrugineo-brunneis, nervis prominulis ru- 

 bentibus, margine valde revoluto ; panicula sublaxa, terminali, 

 alabastris elongatis, minoribus. — Ceylon, ad Newer- Elba, altit. 

 6000 ped. (Gardner, n. 189). 



This species hardly accords with Dr. Wight's description of 

 the Neilgherry plant, and the specimens from the two localities 

 differ much in appearance : the leaves here are larger, being 4\ 

 inches long, or with the petiole 4| in length, and 2^ inches 

 broad ; the panicle is 1 J inch long, the flowers grow black in 

 drying, and the buds scarcely exceed a line in length*. 



4. Apodytes acutifolia, Hochst. ; — arbor grandis, ramulis sub- 

 striatis, glanduloso-verrucosis, foliis ovatis, utrinque acutis, 

 apice repente et breviter attenuatis, glaberrimis, supra sub- 

 lucidis, subtus pallidioribus, ])etiolo valde elongato, tenui, 

 canaliculato, glabro, glauco; panicula laxe ramosa, terminali, 

 folio breviore, pauciflora, sparse pubescente. — Abyssinia," in 

 Monte Aber, prope Adesselam altit. 8000 ped. — v. s. in herb. 

 Hook, et Mus. Brit. (Schimper, 1315). 



This is said by Schimper to be a tall handsome tree : its 

 branchlets are marked with long whitish spots having a furrow 

 down the middle ; the leaves are 3^ inches long. If inch broad, 

 upon a petiole \\ inch in length : the panicle measures 1| inch. 



* A representation of this species with generic details will be given in 

 plate 5 of the ' Contributions to Botany,' &c. 



